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Like many cities, General Santos has many places where you can eat, drink and enjoy but if you want BBQ then you head to Tsiongson Street Arcade as it is without a doubt the best area in the City. When ever we have visitors we always take them to Tsiongong Street as we know very well [...]
For the past several years I have wanted to attend the ” Monday Morning Flag raising ceremony ” held at the Anahaw Amphetheater when I have visited Iligan City. This year I offset my vacation schedule to avoid the holiday that had prevented me from attending this ceremony on past visits. Arrangements were made for [...]
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Pedroiho Mindanao Outdoor Adventures
They say “The climb can truly be hard, and the ravine can be the greatest scare of your life,but once on top, you’re on for an experience of a lifetime, and experience a world of paradise.”
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Pedroiho Mindanao Outdoor AdventuresHave you tried crawling on sandy caves, smelled “guano” an excrement of bats? trekking underground river? Wheew! tiring but the fun and thrill are always there giving me the motivation to move on – for…
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Pedroiho Mindanao Outdoor AdventuresHaven’t you wonder what is like viewing Davao city from the top of the Philippines? – Mount Apo Highest Mountain in the Philippines
Aside from viewing Davao city from Jack’s Ridge, aboard airplane, o…
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Pedroiho Mindanao Outdoor Adventures “I savored the extreme and the conquest.“
It is really great to climb mountains with beautiful sceneries and see nature at its best. The most important thing is when we reached these higher places – …
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It really is sad to end the year right now. I am talking about what happened in Northern Mindanao just a few days ago. I was really shocked. The Cagayan de Oro & Iligan were caught off guard in the early dawn a few days ago when Typhoon Sendong hit Mindanao. The storm passed right… [Continue Reading]
Dearest Family and Friends,
As most of you are aware by now, it’s all over social network (facebook, blogs and twitter) about CDO and Iligan and Typhoon Sendong.
A group of my friends have organized something in facebook to gather all donations.
As o…
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On Friday the 25th November there was a ceremony which was said to be the Ground Breaking for the planned New Coal Fired Power Station here in Sarangani Bay. It was a bit of a strange event as nobody really new about it until nearly on the day. Many people were invited, myself not being… [Continue Reading]
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You’ve heard of a “food trip,” right? Usually that is like a road trip that somebody takes to go partake in food. Like, maybe you would take a trip to Memphis to eat BBQ at a lot of Memphis BBQ places. Well, not long ago, Aaron and I went “Fruit Trippin’.” Yep, we went on… [Continue Reading]
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More than 2,000 runners from 26 various schools in the region came to cheer and run for their respective schools marking the birth of the WNCAA/MNCAA Mindanao at the break of dawn on Sunday at the Abreeza Mall grounds. The 3-kilometer non-competition r…
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General Santos City bet Holy Trinity College proved itself to be a cut above the rest while Holy Cross of Davao College and Sta. Ana High National School were just as stunning as the three schools bagged titles in the WNCAA/MNCAA-SMART Mindanao Cheerle…
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DAVAO CITY–Mindanao ushers in a new era in school sports when the WNCAA/MNCAA Mindanao is formally launched here today (Sunday, Dec.4) at the Abreeza Mall. Delegations from 30 schools in Davao City alone and a host others from the neighboring reg…
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Former Rep. Cynthia Villar, now active as Managing Director of the Villar Foundation, will launch the 1st OFW and Family Summit Kabuhayan para sa Kinabukasan livelihood trade fair on November 24 at the World Trade Center. The event is co-sponsored … Continue reading →
This interesting report should merit attention from justices hearing the MRs on the legality of postponing the ARMM elections. The PNoy government cited ARMM as a “failed experiment” in governance as basis in calling for reforms in the region and … Continue reading →
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The Women’s and Men’s National Collegiate Athletic Association (WNCAA/MNCAA) Mindanao will be formally launched on Dec. 4 at the Abreeza Mall. WNCAA/MNCAA Mindanao director Arlene De Vera announced the grand launch of the newest and largest school …
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Pedroiho Mindanao Outdoor Adventures“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. - Ralph Waldo Emerson”
Is there a life other than our daily task at work? Certainly yes there is! This I commonly ask my self or heard from m…
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As many people will know, down here in General Santos and the Sarangani Bay area we deployed over 5,000 Artificial Reef Domes in an attempt to restore parts of the marine ecosystem back to the way it once was. The project was very good and has succeeded in many areas well beyond our wildest dreams. [...]
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Today, we have a guest article from Marielle Misula. Marielle is a student who lives in Manila. I was contacted by Marielle several months ago. She told me that she had a project to do for one of her college classes, and she was to interview somebody and write up the interview for her class. [...]
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As regular readers know, I am always websearching for information about Iligan City. A few years ago a video appeared on Youtube featuring a song titled ” Iligan March ” which was illustrated by a slide show presentation of pictures of Iligan. The lyrics are in Bisaya and although I knew they were saying something [...]
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Enough of this back to the subject at hand, we stayed in the hotel again that day eating from the room service menu. Then we left a wake up call for 430 am. my god I was tired but up we were got all packed, called for the porter and went to the airport. Once [...]
This article is a bit disturbing to me as it tends to show that some local banks have at least two faces and are prepared to go to any lengths in order to make larger profits but just how they do this is very annoying and insulting to many people or will be when they [...]
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Pedroiho Mindanao Outdoor Adventures
Where:
Tinuy-an Falls, Tinuy-an, Surigao del Sur
Maomawan Islet, Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur
Enchanted River, Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur
Suggested Itinerary
12:00 mn Assembly time (Mc Donalds Bajada)
12:30 am …
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